Eagle Nebula

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Embryonic stars in the Eagle Nebula (M16, NGC 6611)This detail of a composite of three images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows a section populated by new stars forming from molecular hydrogen in the nebula.

The Eagle Nebula as seen by the Infrared Space Observatory.

Eagle Nebula

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Also known as: M16, NGC 6611

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A still younger cluster is NGC 6611, some of the stars in which formed only a few hundred thousand years ago. At the other end of the scale, some open clusters have ages approaching those of the globular clusters. M67 in the constellation Cancer is 4.5 billion years old, and…
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A still younger cluster is NGC 6611, some of the stars in which formed only a few hundred thousand years ago. At the other end of the scale, some open clusters have ages approaching those of the globular clusters. M67 in the constellation Cancer is 4.5 billion years old, and…
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